How To Make More Money Ghostwriting

And 10x Your Writing Skills At The Same Time

The best ghostwriters in the world practice on themselves.

• There is a reason why Will Smith hired Mark Manson, the best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck*, to write his memoir.
• There is a reason why Rick Rubin, Mötley Crüe, Kevin Hart, and a handful of other notable public figures hired Neil Strauss, author of the best-selling “pickup artist” memoir, The Game, to write their books.
• There is a reason why venture capitalists don’t hire big fancy New York City PR firms, but twenty-year-olds on Twitter with a knack for going viral, to help them write their Threads.

And there is a reason why so many Silicon Valley founders and C-level executives hired me, at 26 years old, to write opinion articles on their behalf.

And the reason is:

Pattern recognition.

When a client hires a ghostwriter, they aren’t looking for someone to manage or “tell them what to do.”

They don’t want to buy your “time” or your “effort.” What they want is your specialized knowledge — and its ability to accelerate upside (helping them succeed faster) and mitigate downside (making sure they don’t present themselves poorly).